Newnan herald & advertiser. (Newnan, Ga.) 1909-1915, November 27, 1914, Image 1

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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER 50th YEAR NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914. NO In Our New Quarters We are now established in our new quarters on the corner of Jefferson and Madison streets, and extend a cordial invitation to our friends to drop in and see us. We are beginning now to replenish our stocks in preparation for the fall trade, and shall be “ready with the goods” to supply ev erything in our line that may be needed. We advise our friends to keep cool and not get demoralized on account of the war in Eu rope. Ours is a great Government, and will provide means to take care of the South’s cotton crop. Be of good cheer. Everything will turn out right in the end. irri/VG The High Cost of Living «L Good groceries and honest weights solve the high cost problem. You get what you * pay for here, and you get the best of what you order. My idea is to help you. C. I have the best stock of groceries in town— both in quality and variety. I have the best organized store service in town, and, above all, I have the disposition to please you. <L Fresh fish, oysters and celery every Friday and Saturday J. T. SWINT T. S. PARROTT Insurance—All Branches Representing Fire Association, of Philadelphia Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New Yorh American Surety Co., of New Yorh Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J. 14 1-2 Greenuille st., Ouer H. C. Glouer Co. GROWING OLD. A little more tired at the close of day, A little less anxious to have our way: A little loss prone to scold and blame, A little more cure for a brother’s nartio- Ami so we are nearing the journey’s end, Where time and eternity meet and blend. A little less care for bonds and gold, A little more zest for the days of old, A broader view and a saner mind, Ami a little more love fur all mankind; And so wi! are faring down the way That loHds to the gates of a better day. A little more love for the friends of youth, A little more zeal for established truth; A little more charity in our views. A little less thirst for the daily news; Anil so we are folding our tents away And passing in silence nt the close of day. A little more leisure to sit and dream, A little more real the things unseen; A little nearer to t hose ahead, With visions of those long loved and dead; And so we are going where all must go. To the place the living may never know. A little more laughter, n few more tears. And we shall have told our increasing years; The book is closed and the prayers are said. And we are part, of the countless dead; Thrice happy, then, if some soul can say, "I live because He hns passed my way.” Has the Coweta Chamber of Commerce Earned its Right to Live ? [.Remarks of Hon. Garland M. Jones at "Geor gia Products I)»v” dinner Wednesday evening, 18th inst., responding to the toast, "litis the Coun ty Chamber of Commerce Earned its Right, to Live?”] To those familiar with the work done by the Coweta Chamber of Commerce during the past eight months, the an swer to the question propounded by my subject is self-evident. In order, how ever, to intelligently answer this prop osition for those who are not so famil iar with what has been accomplished, it is necessary to know— 1st. What a Chamber of Commerce stands for, and endeavors; 2d. What particular work the Coweta Chamber of Commerce set out to ac complish this year; and 3d. What has been accomplished with the meager amount of money at its dis posal. The ideal Chamber of Commerce is the united, co-operative effort of all the business interests of a community to upbuild the commercial, industrial, manufacturing and agricultural inter ests of the community. Having only the small sum of $500 at its disposal, the Coweta Chamber of Commerce this year determined to coniine its efforts to the benefit and upbuilding of the agri cultural interests of the county, invest ing the sum subscribed in the services of a county demonstrator, the other half of whose salary was paid by the U. S. Government. The report of your county demonstra tor for the year’s work is in the hands of the president of this association, and in order to determine intelligently whether the Coweta Chamber of Com merce has earned its right to live it is necessary for me to briefly analyze that report. The report shows that your demonstrator has written since March 1 (when he went to work,) 1,000 letters to the farmers of the county. It shows that he has traveled in his buggy 3,200 miles, or over 400 miles per month, vis iting farms in every section of the county; that he has delivered to the farmers over 2,000 bulletins and circu lars in the interest of better farming, issued by the U. S. Government, or the State Agricultural Department. It further shows that he has organized sixty co-operative demonstration farms in different sections of the county, where the land is worked in accordance with his instructions, the result of this being an average of 1,750 lbs. of seed cotton per acre, and 22 bushels of corn per acre, notwithstanding this has been a hard year on corn. It also shows that he has organized a Boys’ Corn Club of 147 members—one of the largest in the entire State. As a result of this effort 64 boys finished the year, making full reports, and displayed their exhibits in Newnan last week. The average pro duction of corn per acre was shown to be 42 bushels, at an average cost of 09 cents per bushel, the largest production being 103J bushels per acre at a cost of 22 cents per bushel. The report further shows that the county demonstrator or ganized 25 boys into a Central of Geor gia Three-crop Club, and that these boys averaged 2,232 lbs. of seed cotton per acre, 45 bushels of corn per acre, and 2,650 lbs. of hay per acre, the highest yield for three acres showing a net profit, above expenses, of $135. In ad dition to these, several canning clubs have been organized among the girls of the county schools with telling and ben eficial results. Those of you who had the pleasure of seeing the exhibits of the Corn Club and Canning Clubs in the court-house last week will agree with me that it was not only a most creditable display, but one which deserves the hearty co operation of all business interests of the county. The report further shows that your demonstrator has sown for the people of the county 1,120 lbs. of alfalfa and clover seed, on thirty farms, at an av erage saving of $2 per acre to the far mer, and thereby introducing in our midst these diversified and valuable crops. In addition to all this, he has rendered valuable assistance to various farmers of the county in the selection of a better grade of cattle and hogs. the selection of seed, and the growing of wheat, hay and cover crops. i heard one of our prominent citizens unintentionally pay your demonstrator a high compliment when he said i that the Coweta Chamber of Commerce had had a demonstrator here all! the year, and that he had never seen him. No wonder. Mr. Wiley was not around town getting acquainted, but was out in the country with the farmers, “on his job.” After giving this resume of J some of the work accomplished in the short time stated, under discouraging conditions and in an exceedingly difficult year, is it necessary for me to say more? At first blush it sounded extreme when I heard one of Newnan’s prr minent busi ness men say a few days since that the Coweta Chamber of Commerce, through the county demonstrator, had been worth $100,000 to tlte county this year; but when you consider the far-reaching effects of this progressive and enlight ened development of our agricultural in terests, in the light of the business pa ralysis of this section as a result of the European war and the steady advance of the boll weevil, I am constrained to believe that, instead of being an exag geration, it is really an underestimate of the present and ultimate benefit of this great work. Therefore, I say to you unhesitatingly that the Coweta Chamber of Commerce has not only earned its right to live, but deserves the hearty and enthusiastic indorse ment and support of every business man, business organization, and espe cially every farmer of Coweta county. It has taught, and is teaching, diversi fication, intensification and co-operation, the three essentials to prosperity and self-support so much needed in this Southland of ours. This is an age of co-operation in every line of industry. Instead of being discouraged, every thing should be done to encourage it. In union alone there is strength, and this applies as well to the business in terests of a community as to the gov ernment of States under which we live, for united we stand with progress, growth and development along every line; but divided, we fall upon the rocks of financial destruction and the chaos of business depression. All great progress and development along any line has been accomplished by these agencies, as typified by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the New OrleanB Board of Trade, the Dal las Commercial Club, and other kindred organizations which have taken “Mar- thasvilles” and built from them the me tropolises of the South. Let us, there fore, continue to broaden, enlarge and develop this great work, and, having once placed our hand to the plow, let us not in the hour of victory turn back. What man has done, man can do. Surely, we who sit around this festal board to night will not let it be said that we are less than men. Let us, with one accord, lend our influence, co-operation and support to this great work, and to our able president, who, at great sacrifice, has labored for the success of this or ganization, the result of whose labors will live for years in Coweta county, and should entitle him to the everlast ing thanks of his fellow-citizens for his earnest, valuable and unselfish endeav ors. Let us, by such co-operation, take the good old county of Coweta out of her place as fourteenth and place her not tenth, nay, not fifth, but first, in the list of the one hundred and fifty-two counties of the great State of Georgia. Better Than Cotton. Every person who attended the fair this fall must have been impressed with the splendid live stock exhibits. There has been a great improvement in both the quality and quantity of stock raised in this section during the past five years. In this connection we wish to speak of a pig raised by Miss Myrtle Bryant, a little miss of twelve years, who lives in the upper end of this county. Her splendid accomplishment is hound to make the boy members of the pig clubs sit up and take notice. The pig at nine months old weighed 493 pounds—seven pounds less than 600. Little Miss Bryant took great pains to feed the pig in accordance with instruc tions furnished by the Government Pig Club agent in Georgia, who has charge of the demonstration work. He stated to the editor of The Citizen that this 9- months-old pig is far ahead of any re cord. It goes to show what can be done in the way of hog-raising in Whitfield county. —North Georgia Citizen. Despondency Due to Indigestion. It iB not at all surprising that persons who have indigestion become discour aged and despondent. Here are a few words of hope and cheer for them by Mrs. Blanche Bowers, Indiana, Pa. “For years my digestion was so poor that I could only eat the lighest food. I tried everything that I heard of to get relief, but not until about a year ago, when I saw Chamberlain’s Tablets ad vertised and got a bottle of them, did I find the right treatment. I soon began to improve, and since taking a few bot tles of them my digestion is fine.” For sale by all dealers. “A Severe Test.” Chriatlnn Index. Under the above caption, The Chris tian Herald tolls a remarkable story, and it is one worth telling out far and wide, that men may know how the power of God acts on other men and leads them to do high and noble things, quietly and unostentatiously. Hero is the story: A noble act, done quietly and with out ostentation, is recorded of the late Rev. William B. Palmore, long a lend ing light of the M. E. Church, South. Among his father’s papers there was found an old deed to nearly 6,000 acres of land in West Virginia. I)r. Palmore visited the tract and saw that it was occupied by hundreds of squatter fami lies, who had built their cottages in the valleys and on the mountain slopes. I-Ie saw them in their homes, surrounded by their wives and children. He went away as quietly as he came and thought deeply. His lawyers assured him his title was incontestable, and the land was now worth millions. He prayed over it and thought much of what would happen to those humble, thrifty folk if he claimed his rights. It was a sharp struggle and a severe temptation; but he had a vision of a great opportunity which helped to bring a clear conviction as to his duty. He had not known of the existence of the property until a few weeks before his death, and one of his last acts—and a very magnanimous und noble one—was the execution of a complete waiver of his claims and the granting of a free hold title to every one of the squatter householders! It would be difficult to find a parallel anywhere to this splen didly generous gift by a Christian pas tor to the poor homesteaders, whose names he hardly knew. But such deeds as this are not all hap pening far oil' from us. We trust we are not violating any secrecy when wo tell another story to go along with this. Some years ago Bro. E. G. Willingham, of this city, went to Aripeka, Fla., anil purchased some property upon which to build a winter home. There were a number of families dwelling there on lots which they had bought, from a man who had sold them on time, promising to give titles in full when the last pay ments were made. When the time came for some to get their titles, it was foqnd that none could be given. The ground upon which their homes were built had been mortgaged by the man who started the project. It was impossible for him to give a title, and he disappeared. The whole town had to be sold at auction to satisfy a mort gage deed. Bro. Willingham bought it in and became owner of every home in Aripeka. What a chance to make mon ey! But a better chance to do a noble deed. After the arrangements were all made, he told the people to have no concern, to be anxious for nothing about their homes; that for those who had paid, titles would be made out, and those who had yet to pay, would re ceive their titles when the time was up. Think of a man owning a town, even though it be a small one, and making no money out of the possession when there was so good an opportunity. But he made something so much better! Newspaper Blunders. Newberry (S. C.) Obuorvor. One of the things that make the edi tor grow old and gray before his time is the errors — “typographical” and otherwise—that get into his paper. He finds it out after tho paper is printed. Kind friends by the dozens remind him of it, and keep on reminding him, until he wishcB he never saw a paper. He goes to the printer and blows him up, and the printer produces the “copy” with a sardonic grin and proves it on the editor. The Observer makes a good many blunders in one way and another. Most of them don’t amount to anything, but some arc very annoying. For instance, it once described a bride's veil in a wedding write up as “flimsy;” but that was tho fault of tho society editor, who did not write “filmy” plain enough. Another time it described a bride’s dress or gown us a “lively” blue, when itshould have been “lovely.” And soon; we could extend these instances at con siderable length, but enough is Baid to indicate the troubles of “ye editor.” The fact is, considering the rush and hurry of a country office, where the ed itor does 40 other things a day besides “editing” a paper, it is a wonder he ever gets anything right. So— "To hlH faultH be a littla blind. And to hi« virtuvary kind.” And— "Don’t view him with u critic’s oyo, But puHH hi* iinperfoctionH by.” Maybe if you were reduced to the direful necessity of editing a newapa- er in a country town you would make unders, too. Ei Important. Bear in mind that Chamberlain’s Tab lets not only move the bowels but im prove the appetite and strengthen the digestion. For sale by all dealers. Curtailment and the Price of Cotton. Rome Tribuno-Herald. Not only will a material curtailment of cotton acreage next year be dis tinctly beneficial to the cotton planter, but just as soon as it becomes known that the acreage is to he largely re duced the price of cotton will advunce. In fact, the apparently earliest senti ment among intelligent cotton planters for curtailment, and an increasing im pression that this policy will actually be pursued, has had a tendency to in crease the price of cotton. Reports are to the effect that Georgia farmers have already agreed to reduce the acreage in this State to 42 per cent. The reduction should perhaps bo still great er. Yet if cotton buyers can bo con vinced of the sincerity of this agree ment, the price should at once advance materially. Just how the buyers are to be convinced that the acreage is to bo reduced is not altogether apparent They will have to take the declara tions of tho farmers at their face value for there is no other way to convince They should, however, take in connec tion with this tho great necessity for reduction in acreage, and the disaster that would occur should the promise not be carried out. Early next year it will bo seen how far the curtailment of acreage will be carried out, and if the promises of the farmors are fulfilled there is no doubt of an advance in price. The law of supply and demand will be a real factor in the cotton market, just as it is in business of every kind. Tho world needs only so much of a pro duct. When the available supply is a good deal larger than the world needs, as was tho case as regards this year's cotton crop, the price goes down, and vice versa. So far as tho Tribune- Herald can figure out, the farmers are sincere in their intention to do so. It is not necessary to give them any fur ther advice on the subject. They have been fully informed as to every detail and every contingency. It is for the farmers to act in the manner that is best suited to their interests. ilomarkablo Cure of Croup. “Last winter when my little boy had croup I got him a bottle of Chamber lain's Gough Remedy. I honestly be lieve it saved his life.” writes Mrs. J. B. Cook, Indiana, Pa. “It cut the nhlegm und relieved his coughing spells. 1 am most grateful for what this reme dy has done for him.” For sale by all dealers. The Supply of Babes. Tld-liita. It has been computed that about 36,- 000,000 babies are born into the world each year. The rate of production is therefore about 70 per minute, or more than one for every beat of the clock. With the one-a-second calculation every reader is familiar, but it is not everyone who stops to calculate what this meuns when it comes to a year’s supply. It will, therefore, probably startle a good many persons to find, on the authority of a well-known statisti cian, that, could tho infants of a year be ranged in a line, tho cradles would extend around tho globe. Tho same writer looks at tho matter in a moro picturesque light. He im agines the babies being carried past a given point in their mothers’ arms, one by one, and the procession being kept up night and duy until the last hour in the twelfth month has passed by. A sufficiently liberal rate is al lowed, but oven in going past at the rate of 20 a minute, 1,200 an hour, dur ing the entire year, the reviewer at his post would have seen only the sixth part of the infantile host. In other words, the babe that had to be carried when the tramp began would be able to walk when but a mere frac tion of its comrades had reached the reviewer’s post, and when the year’s supply of babies was drawing to a close there would be a rear-guard, not of in fants, but of romping 6-year-old boys and girlH. CAN YOU DOUBT IT? When the Proof Can Bo so Easily Investigated. When so many grateful citizens of Newnan testify to benefits, derived from Doan’s Kidney Pills can you doubt the evidence? The proof is not far away—it is almost at your door. Head what a resident of Newnun says about Doan’s Kidney Pills. Can you demand more convincing testimony? Mrs. A. M. Askew. 76 E, Washing ton street, Newnan, Ga., says: "The cure Doan’s Kidney Pills made in my daughter’s case has been permanent. Bince then I have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills myself and have been cured of annoying symptoms of kidney com plaint. The trouble was brought on by an attack of la grippe which weaken ed my kidneys. The kidney secretions were unnatural and caused me no end of distress. I felt weak and run down and was indeed in bad shape when I got Doan’s Kidney Pills from the Lee Drug Co. It did not take them long to remove the trouble.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Askew had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.